San Francisco, CA and Baltimore, MD – May 19, 2014 – Medweb announced today at the annual meeting of the American Telemedicine Association (A.T.A) the launch of E-Visit,a new telemedicine application that lets providers connect seamlessly with their patients over smart phones, tablets, and web-e...

Singapore, March 27, 2014 – The 4th Mobile and Wearable Technology: Healthcare 2014 Conference will be taking place from 3 – 4 April 2014 in Singapore at the Park Royal Hotel.
The world of digital health is transforming the global healthcare landscape.
Mobile networks are the enabler of digita...

USA, September 22, 2013 - Self-monitoring along with nurse oversight helped reduce care costs by $2,931 per person among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in an Australian study published in Telemedicine and e-Health.
Participants were taught to measure their blood pressure...

USA, September 17, 2013 - Medicare providers would be able to treat patients electronically across state lines without having to obtain multiple state medical licenses, according to new legislation proposed in the House this week.
The TELEmedicine for MEDicare (TELE-MED) Act (H.R. 3077) "updates ...

A new research states that telemedicine consultants can assist rural emergency rooms supply better care to critically ill or injured young patients.
“Rural hospitals and doctors' offices are increasingly using telemedicine to gain access to specialty care. It's a great way to leverage technolog...

USA, August 28, 2013 - Two major insurers have announced they will pay for some telemedicine services in South Carolina, where a bill in the state Legislature to require coverage failed.
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina plan to pay for remote care i...

USA, August 22, 2013 - State Representative Klint Kesto (R) of Michigan's 39th district made a public call for greater use of telehealth tools in a letter to the editor published today in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Kesto, who wrote the letter along with registered nurse Sheryl Stone of Decatur, R.I., c...

USA, August 6, 2013 - Remote patient telemonitoring is the biggest driver of the global telemedicine market, according to a new report from Research and Markets.
The analysis predicts that the global telemedicine market will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 18.9 percent from 2012 to 2016,...

A new state of the art telemedicine program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is providing a much needed neurological and neurosurgical specialists to rural and smaller-based hospitals across New Mexico, including Cibola General Hospital.
UNM Hospitals, with the assistance of A...